[ubuntu-uk] UK government backs open source

[Robert Longstaff]

> I admit I have no fondness for 
> local government, in the first place.

Somewhat tangentially related to that comment, I did always wonder
why every local authority seemingly commissioned its own IT solution
for managing council tax.

Given that the way it's managed and collected is probably near
identical throughout the country, this would be a perfect situation
for a standard open source solution. Every council could have it
and tweak it to add any extra feature they needed. The savings would
be enormous.

Robert.